PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jan Zelenka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Witt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Witt has chosen Animal by Disturbed as his entrance music. The key to victory for Jan Zelenka has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Zelenka
vs
Witt

182 cm
33
164 lbs
25 - 6 - 2

165 cm
35
157 lbs
36 - 11 - 2

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jan Zelenka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Aaron Witt!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Witt misses the jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zelenka.
Witt throws a leg kick
and Zelenka makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zelenka looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Zelenka throws a hook to the side of Witt's head but Witt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A punch lands to the side of Witt 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Zelenka avoids the head kick by Witt.
Zelenka scores with a nice right hand.
Zelenka throws an off balance right hand
and Witt counters with a nice uppercut.
Witt looks to land a left hand but Zelenka moved out of range nicely.
Zelenka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zelenka lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Zelenka misses with a straight right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick from Witt misses.
Zelenka checks the leg kick nicely there.
Witt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zelenka throws out the jab.
Witt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Witt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zelenka moves away.
Zelenka is looking to counter the offense by Witt and move into the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Witt. Beautiful body shot.
Witt stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Zelenka connects with a right hand. Witt shakes it off.
Witt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zelenka.
Witt misses with an uppercut
and Zelenka counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Witt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A little feinted left hand from Zelenka on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Zelenka keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Witt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Zelenka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Witt scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Zelenka doesn't seem bothered though.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zelenka. That's going to slow Witt down.
Zelenka tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zelenka connects with a good right hand that stumbles Witt. Witt circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Zelenka looks to score with a jab to the body but Witt is just out of range.
Witt misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zelenka throws a body punch but Witt moves out of range.
Zelenka throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Witt missing with a left hand there. Zelenka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zelenka connects with a solid leg kick.
Zelenka is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Zelenka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Witt works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Witt misses with an uppercut. Zelenka saw that one coming.
Zelenka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Zelenka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zelenka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Witt.
Zelenka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big left from Zelenka misses.
Zelenka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zelenka throws a head kick but Witt moves out of range.
Zelenka jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zelenka misses with a two punch combination.
Witt ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Witt throws a nice looking combination but Zelenka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zelenka tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Witt manages to circle out of the way.
Witt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zelenka.
A swing and a miss from Witt.
Zelenka swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Zelenka is looking to slow Witt down with leg kicks.
Witt drops his hands momentarily and Zelenka takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Witt works Zelenka's body with a nice hook.
Zelenka throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Witt.
Witt doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Zelenka ducks under a wild hook from Witt.
Zelenka scores with a jab to the body.
Witt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zelenka throws out the jab.
Nice uppercut there from Witt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Witt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zelenka throws a hook but Witt blocks it.
A left lands for Zelenka.
Witt slips a straight right by Zelenka.
A slow jab from Zelenka misses its intended target.
Witt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zelenka.
Witt looks to score with a jab to the body but Zelenka is just out of range.
Zelenka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zelenka defending well as Witt loads up on a big left hand.
Witt scores with a one two! Zelenka had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Witt loads up on a big right hand but Zelenka slips the punch.
Zelenka lands a lovely overhand right.
Zelenka is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zelenka lands with an overhand left.
Witt scores with a jab to the body.
Nice cross by Zelenka.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Zelenka dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Witt throws a body shot but no joy.
Witt just misses with a punch to the body.
Witt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zelenka.
Zelenka tried to counter with a leg kick but Witt avoided it.
Witt misses with a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Witt.
Zelenka feints and then cracks Witt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Witt down.
Zelenka scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Witt doesn't seem bothered though.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Witt in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Zelenka defending well as Witt loads up on a big left hand.
Zelenka looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Witt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Zelenka.
Witt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Witt throws a right and a left that Zelenka avoids nicely.
Witt throws the left hand but Zelenka avoids the punch easily.
Witt throws a shot from downtown. Zelenka moves away and avoids it.
Zelenka was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Witt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zelenka moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Witt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Witt throws a body shot but no joy.
Witt connects with a body shot.
Zelenka ducks under a wild hook from Witt.
A swing and a miss from Witt.
Jan Zelenka is winning the standup battle so far.
Witt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zelenka.
Zelenka cracks Witt with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Witt slips a straight right by Zelenka.
Witt avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Witt throws a head kick but Zelenka moves out of range.
Zelenka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Zelenka.
Good exchange - Zelenka coming out on top.
Witt is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Zelenka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Witt looks to score with a jab to the body but Zelenka is just out of range.
Witt lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Zelenka at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zelenka throws a body punch but Witt moves out of range.
Zelenka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Witt.
A telegraphed right hand from Zelenka misses the target.
Zelenka lands with a nice body kick.
Witt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zelenka scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Zelenka throws a jab but it's blocked by Witt.
Witt staying out of range there.
Witt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zelenka.
Zelenka looks to score with a jab to the body but Witt is just out of range.

Zelenka takes the fight into the clinch.
Zelenka misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zelenka tries to throw a body punch but Witt avoids it by throwing Zelenka back against the cage.
Witt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zelenka lands a body punch.
Zelenka lands a right hand.
Zelenka tries to work over Witt's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zelenka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zelenka lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Witt backwards.
Witt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Witt presses Zelenka against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Witt lands a hook that snaps the head of Zelenka backwards.
Zelenka lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Witt working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zelenka lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Witt backwards.
Zelenka scores with a shot to the side of Witt's head.
Witt takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zelenka blocking some punches.
Zelenka swings wildly with an uppercut but Witt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zelenka misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zelenka lands a hook that snaps the head of Witt backwards.
Zelenka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zelenka lands a body shot.
Witt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zelenka's elbow.
Witt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zelenka.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zelenka.
Witt misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zelenka as Witt tries to tie him up.
Zelenka scores with a shoulder strike.
Witt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zelenka presses Witt against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Zelenka working aggressively here.
Witt blocks a body shot from Zelenka.
Zelenka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Witt lands a hook that snaps the head of Zelenka backwards.
A shot in the inside from Witt.
Witt working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Zelenka dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Witt throws a hook but Zelenka avoids it easily.
Zelenka lands with an overhand left.
Zelenka moves away from the strike by Witt.
Zelenka was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Zelenka misses with a hook to the body
and Witt counters with a straight right hand.
Nice jab there from Witt.
A shot to the body from Witt misses
and Zelenka counters with a nice uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by Zelenka there.
A swing and a miss from Witt.
Zelenka slips a jab from Witt.
Witt throws a poor cross that misses
and Zelenka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Witt is rocked!
Zelenka connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Witt is still on wobbly legs! Can Zelenka finish him?

Zelenka closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zelenka lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Witt to his knees! Zelenka keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jan Zelenka!
During a confident post fight interview, Jan Zelenka thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.